The application deadline for the new Residential Energy Efficiency Support Program to fund 85% replacement of windows and installation of photovoltaic panels opens this Wednesday.
The Minister of the Environment and Climate Action, Duarte Cordeiro, announced on July 18 a new program to support the energy efficiency of residential buildings, with a total allocation of 100 million euros, to finance 85% of the replacement of windows and installation of including photovoltaic panels.
The new Residential Buildings + Sustainability Support Program 2023 (3C 2023) will have a total allocation of €100 million, and this first announcement will mobilize €30 million, for applications that can be submitted between this Wednesday and October 31.
This aid finances 85% of, among other things, the replacement of windows, the installation of photovoltaic panels and natural insulation, and only permanent homes are eligible.
According to the announcement of the opening of the tender published on the website of the Environmental Fund, interventions to replace inefficient windows with efficient windows, with an energy class equivalent to A+, the installation or replacement of thermal insulation on roofs, walls or floors, heating and /or cooling systems and domestic hot water (DHW) using renewable energy, energy class A+ or higher, installation of photovoltaic systems and other equipment for the production of renewable energy for self-consumption with or without storage and also interventions aimed at water efficiency.
Each beneficiary is limited to a maximum total incentive of 7,500 euros, per single-family home or autonomous part, discounted by the amounts supported in the second phase of the previous Sustainable Buildings Support Programme.
In addition, applications for buildings outside the Lisbon and Porto districts will be subject to a 10% increase in the maximum incentive limit per type of intervention.
According to the notice of termination, if the amount supported by the beneficiary in this first reminder is equal to or greater than EUR 5,000, the candidate must present the energy certificate of the pledged property, before and after execution.
Source: DN
